Louisiana v. Callais · ¶113

Second, contrary to the dissent's assertion, we have not overruled Allen. As is our general practice, the Allen Court adjudicated the case based on the parties' arguments, and in that case, the State did not defend its map on the ground that it was drawn to achieve a political objective. See supra, at 121–122. Here, the State has been forthright from the beginning that its aim was to protect the State's most prominent Republican House Members. One may lament partisan gerrymandering, but for the reasons explained in Rucho, partisan gerrymandering claims are not justiciable in federal court. And in a racial gerrymandering case like the one before us, race and politics must be disentangled, as even the author of the dissent has acknowledged. See Alexander, 602 U. S., at 9; Cooper, 581 U. S., at 308 (opinion for the Court by Kagan, J.) (holding that a racialgerrymandering plaintiff must…

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